Nashville Regional Freight & Goods Movement Study Phase III

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1 Mayor Karl Dean, Chairman Nashville Regional Freight & Goods Movement Study Phase III Freight Advisory Committee Meeting #2 June 3 rd, 2015

2 Agenda Update on Freight Vision/Regional Truck Route Network Preliminary Guidance on Freight and Land Use Issues Freight Project and Policy Recommendations Next Steps

3 UPDATE ON REGIONAL TRUCK ROUTE NETWORK

4 Truck Route Development Process Assembled Federal, state, and regional truck route information Assembled locally designated truck routes and prohibitions Conducted 2 Trucker s Forum to discuss key roads utilized Identified key facilities for other modes and land uses nearby to roads considered for regional truck route Developed preliminary truck route Finalizing truck route based on feedback from multiple sources Develop design features for truck route in heavy urban, suburban, and rural locations

5 Base and Expanded Truck Route Network Base network is the primary truck route network Expanded network provides alternatives when primary network experiences operational issues 5

6 Truck Routes and Land Uses Truck route network provides access to all major industrial land uses Also provides access to truck cluster locations based on GPS data 6

7 Truck Routes and Safety Identified high truck crash corridors along the network Identified fatal crash data on network Infrastructure improvements will include some safety recommendations Intersection and interchange improvements Median barriers 7

8 Truck Routes and Bicycle Lanes Identified segments that have overlapping truck route networks and bicycle lanes No network changes recommended for either modal facility group Overdesign recommended for segments that have both truck routes and bicycle lanes 8

9 Truck Routes and Schools Several schools on truck routes Improved signage near schools recommended Supplemental educational information be made available to schools 9

10 FREIGHT AND LAND USE ISSUES

11 Nashville Area Land Use Designations Clarksville Dickson Springfield Nashville Franklin Columbia Gallatin Lebanon Murfreesboro Land use designations identify 12 clusters of freight activity in Nashville region 1 - Downtown SE and airport 2 Downtown NW 3 I-65 and SR 109 cluster 4 White House cluster 5 Gallatin 6 Lebanon 7 Smyrna/SR LaVergne 9 Smyrna/Nissan 10 Murfreesboro 11 Spring Hill/GM 12 - Columbia

12 Freight and Land Use Items Zoning Research of local ordinances Permitted uses Location of freight intensive development Vehicular circulation Industrial site access Intersection turning radii Truck traffic restrictions Parking restrictions Loading requirements Which topics are most important for supporting freight movement and why? Which topics are most important for freight as a good neighbor with other modes? What additional land use ordinances and specifications should be considered?

13 Research of Local Ordinances Freight-related land use ordinances and subdivision regulations were analyzed in the following localities: Brentwood Columbia Fairview Franklin Gallatin Goodlettsville Greenbrier Hendersonville Lebanon LaVergne Maury County Millersville Mt. Juliet Metropolitan Nashville Murfreesboro Portland Robertson County Rutherford County Smyrna Springfield Sumner County White House Williamson County Wilson County

14 Recommendations for Municipalities Land Use Topic Area Clarksville Permitted Uses Dickson Columbia Springfield Nashville Franklin Gallatin Lebanon Murfreesboro Recommendation Subdivide Industrial land use category into Manufacturing, Transportation, and Warehouse/Distribution Center to specify different on-site activities and truck trip generation levels Access Management Require access to industrial facilities from arterial or collector street. Driveway separation between property and street shall be appropriate for adjacent uses. Industrial Overlay District Develop districts to preserve areas for future industrial Setback Standards Landscape and Buffer Standards activity Side or Rear Yard Adjacent to Residential Use: 50 feet. Front yard: 50 feet. Industrial buildings located in close proximity to residential neighborhoods must maintain minimum 10 feet planting and vehicular use areas shall be screened from public streets and adjacent uses.

15 Recommendations for Municipalities Land Use Topic Area Recommendation Clarksville Performance and Context Springfield Standards Parking, Loading and Circulation Standards Dickson Truck Route Standards Columbia Industrial buildings shall have requirements to avoid nuisances of noise, air pollution, hazardous waste, and odor Nashville Franklin Gallatin requirements on adjacent land uses Parking and loading requirements shall be consistent with facility usage. Major industrial facilities must conduct a traffic impact analysis. Lebanon A regional truck route network should be incorporated into local truck route designation. Municipalities can add supplemental roads based on local needs including truck prohibited Murfreesboro routes. Designated truck routes should have adequate pavement depth and material. Designated truck routes should be designed appropriately based on urban, suburban and rural designations. Additional design features should be considered for truck designated routes that are adjacent to bicycle lanes, sidewalks, schools and hospitals.

16 Truck Route Design Recommendations

17 Truck Route Design Recommendations Urban Suburban Rural

18 Truck Route Design Recommendations

19 DRAFT FREIGHT PROJECT AND POLICY IMPROVEMENTS

20 Mega-Projects Continue upgrades of SR 109 Enhances truck bypass around Nashville region 72 percent of trucks surveyed on I-65 north of Nashville are through truck trips. Kentucky and Georgia are the two external states with the most through truck flows. Increase speed limit along SR 840 Improve level of service Provide additional incentive to divert away from I-40 Increase capacity and operational flow on I-24 Over half of the freight flows in the region comes from submarkets along this corridor Increase capacity on I-65 between downtown and KY state line

21 Interchange Improvements Improve old interchanges adjacent to most freight-intensive portion of Nashville region in the southeast Interchanges have tight radius and no downstream traffic signals Key interchanges include I-24 at Hickory Boulevard I-24 at Lee Victory Boulevard I-24 at Je B. Jackson Parkway

22 Safety Projects Add median barriers to high truck volume corridors, high truck crash corridors, and emerging freight corridors High Truck Crash Corridors - Charlotte Pike, Nolensville Pike, and Columbia Avenue in Davidson County; Murfreesboro Road, Bristol Highway in Rutherford County; Gallatin Pike in Sumner County; Murfreesboro Road and SR 109 in Wilson County High Truck Volume Corridors SR 6 in Sumner County, SR 106 in Davidson County Emerging Freight Corridors - Joe B. Jackson Parkway

23 Smyrna Area Traffic Improvements Project Description Improvements at Nissan Dr./Enon Springs Rd. Longer left and right turn lanes on Enon Springs Road westbound Add right turn lane from Nissan Drive heading northbound to Enon Springs Road Move access road at NE corner of intersection from Enon Springs Road to side street Add traffic signal at Gate 5 intersection with Enon Springs Road Consider removing bicycle lane on Nissan Drive Rationale Turning truck traffic often backs up into through lanes which prevents vehicles from passing through intersection on Nissan Drive Police officer currently used to direct traffic during shift changes and peak periods Adjacent to heavily trafficked road with many turning trucks and autos from Nissan Dr. to Enon Springs Rd.

24 Policy Recommendations Preserve industrial land along SR 840 Support increasing capacity on I-65 outside of Tennessee as this is the inter-state long haul corridor that carries the largest amount of Nashville s freight

25 Next Steps Finalize regional truck route network Finalize recommendations Land use recommendations for municipalities Project and policy recommendations for the Nashville Area MPO Develop final Nashville Area Freight Study 25

26 For Additional Project Information Contact: Mary Connelly, Nashville MPO Project Manager Website: freight. Thank you for your participation today! 26